Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1951

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,104
2	Susan	870
3	Patricia	792
4	Mary	737
5	Karen	592
6	Kathleen	578
7	Barbara	570
8	Deborah	529
9	Nancy	494
10	Sandra	450
11	Carol	414
12	Sharon	385
13	Pamela	381
14	Christine	355
15	Janet	350
16	Debra	317
17	Diane	306
18	Donna	278
19	Cynthia	255
20	Cheryl	246
21	Janice	241
22	Margaret	239
23	Judith	237
24	Judy	229
25	Kathryn	202
26	Catherine	192
27	Kathy	190
28	Rebecca	187
29	Vicki	186
30	Elizabeth	185
31	Gail	176
32	Teresa	171
33	Marilyn	170
34	Connie	169
35	Bonnie	165
36	Shirley	159
37	Katherine	156
38	Carolyn	154
39	Joyce	151
40	Marcia	146
41	Peggy	142
42	Joan	140
43	Colleen	139
44	Julie	138
44	Sally	138
46	Beverly	130
46	Laura	130
48	Diana	129
49	Lynn	123
50	Sherry	121

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,435
2	John	1,260
3	Robert	1,235
4	James	1,116
5	David	1,109
6	Richard	1,002
7	William	880
8	Steven	818
9	Gary	736
10	Thomas	624
11	Mark	530
12	Ronald	498
13	Donald	495
14	Daniel	450
15	Dennis	438
16	Kenneth	433
17	Charles	405
18	Stephen	404
19	Douglas	401
20	Larry	400
21	Gregory	337
22	Paul	327
23	Bruce	322
24	Timothy	298
25	Patrick	266
26	Joseph	223
27	Terry	222
28	Jerry	208
29	Randy	206
29	Scott	206
31	George	204
32	Jeffrey	203
33	Dale	202
34	Edward	193
35	Gerald	179
36	Craig	178
37	Brian	169
37	Roger	169
39	Jack	163
40	Alan	160
41	Lawrence	154
42	Wayne	138
43	Raymond	136
44	Frank	133
45	Randall	126
46	Christopher	125
47	Gordon	117
48	Peter	103
48	Stanley	103
50	Steve	102